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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6, p. 180 – 211.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Lan?
(a) A friend
(b) Kien's mother
(c) A fellow soldier
(d) Kien's sister

2. Where does Kien live in the present day?
(a) In a cottage
(b) In an apartment complex
(c) In a tenement building
(d) In a mansion

3. What perspective is the first part of this Part written from?
(a) Second Person
(b) The Third Person Perspective
(c) Fourth Person
(d) First person

4. What does Kien's father think Patriotim is opposed to, as seen in his quote?
(a) Democracy
(b) Life
(c) Capitalism
(d) Communism

5. What profession did Kien's father hold?
(a) That of an artist
(b) That of a tax inspector
(c) An army general
(d) That of a tram driver

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Kien meet Phuong?

2. What does Kien feel about the process of writing a novel at the start of Part Six?

3. What is Kien's primary method to exorcise his guilt about the Vietnamese War?

4. What characterised the feelings that Kien had for warfare before it happened?

5. What object does Kien receive years later?

(see the answer key)

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